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Nice days won't scoot out of Colorado for a while

Five-year-old Adena Montgomery, dressed as a princess and topped with a helmet with ears, rides her scooter on the east side of Washington Park on Thursday. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)

Mild, dry and quiet weather covered Colorado on the day after Christmas. Skies were mostly sunny across much of the state, except for a band of clouds that moved into the central and northern mountains during the afternoon. These clouds have not had much in them — perhaps a few light flurries overnight in the high country.

The weather pattern will remain rather tranquil for the final weekend of 2013. Friday will be sunny and dry statewide, with highs in the 50s and 60s over the Eastern Plains. The mountains and western valleys will be a couple of degrees warmer than Thursday but still hold in the 20s and 30s.

Saturday should be mild and dry until late in the day, when a cold front moves down from the Dakotas and brings a quick shot of chilly air and a touch of snow for Saturday night and Sunday. This front is not impressive, as the brunt of the cold air will miss Colorado and head into the Great Lakes and New England.

Colorado, which will be on the western edge of the cold outbreak, will probably see a dusting of snow in Denver and in the plains, while the mountains pick up a few inches. The mountains are still in great shape for early-season snowfall. Recent snowpack reports put the state at about 110 percent of average in the mountains.

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